Prince Charles and Camilla Given BlackBerry Smartphones Courtesy Of Ontario Premier McGuinty

Wow...didn't even get a Storm 2?!

Hahaha +1 valorian, my thoughts exactly!

What's he trying to do? Offend them?

clearly this guy didnt like them if he gave them the first gen Storm...

"Now, I can respect that reasoning but I surely would have gone with some Bolds rather then Storm 9500s. Wonder what OS Prince Charles is running?"

I like that part =P

I hope they at least updated the software on the Storms...

Last people on Earth that need to be "given" anything.

What was McGuinty thinking?!? 9500's?!?! ><

Dalton McGuinty is an idiot.

Only promises he has kept is to the teachers in Ontario and that's because his wife is a teacher.

The sponge bob can't even give the royal couple an up to date device.

WHO CARES

If you're giving gifts to royalty (or royalty and the royal mistress) shouldn't you at least step up to give them Storm2's?

Clearly I am not alone with this line of thinkng...

wow, what a punch in the face to get 9500's at least get a storm 2

Specific model aside, what's the thought-process behind believing that the royal family of a major developed nation are incapable of picking their own phones? It's not like RIM products are unheard-of. Either the royals have BB phones already, prefer something else, or prefer to not carry phones and have "their people" do the talking.

A phone is a personal tool. To hand one over as a gift to someone who has the financial wherewithal to buy whatever phone (manufacturer) they want is like handing royalty a bag of underwear.

Yeah, RIM's an Ontario company but this is just stupid.

pls enter me in

As I understand it, the gifts the Royals get are all carefully stashed away and never used - partly as not to infer favoritism and partly because they get this sort of swag wherever they go and frankly don't need it.

Oh, and they have People who do most of what they might use a Blackberry for.

Meanwhile, lets at least hope for Chuck and Cam's sake they weren't locked into a contract with any of Canada's Wireless Providers.

Heck if Dalton McGuinty is giving away free phones, why not give them to the Tax Payers of Ontario. Like really, the Royal Family get royalties and everything from Canada why do we need to give them a phone as well. If I were given a Storm 9500 sure its not THE Best phone, but hell it sure is free who can really complain about a free phone?

Cost of Royal Visit To Canada: $2.57M
Cost of 9500: $500

Ontario Premier forgetting to update the 9500 software to something that works : Expected

Prince Charles and Camilla joining Crackberry.com so they can get the phone running the way it should: Priceless!

LMAO @Mischief

I need to add him to my BBM.

Charles"How do you turn this thing on?"

I wonder if Charlie will give me his pin..lol